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Matt has played an instrumental role in the success of the finance function, and I am confident he will be an exceptional CFO in executing the company’ s business strategies going forward.”
BRP’ s proposed Telwater sale opposed
After announcing in April 2025 the sale of its outstanding shares of Telwater to Yamaha Motor Australia, a subsidiary of Yamaha Motor, BRP has acknowledged the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’ s( ACCC) decision to oppose the proposed transaction.
A press release stated that BRP is considering the ACCC’ s decision and will be evaluating all available options to determine the best path forward.
Considering the ACCC’ s decision, BRP remains the owner of Telwater and will continue to operate the business. Given the size of Telwater’ s business, BRP confirms this will have no impact on its fiscal year 2026 financial guidance.
Telwater includes brands such as Quintrex, Stacer and Savage.
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Scout Boats announces promotions
Scout Boats announced several internal promotions at its South Carolina headquarters, effective January 1.
Sherrie Ferguson was named vice president of human resources, Ashley Richardson was promoted to director of human resources and Courtney Guice was elevated to executive vice president.
" When my father, Steve Potts, started Scout in 1989, it was truly a family affair with my mom Dianne, my brother Stevie and sister Stephanie,” said Ferguson.“ The great thing is, after all these years, it still is a family. As we continue to work alongside each other, including our longstanding extended family like Dave, Alan, Courtney and also seeing our kids take interest in working here, I couldn’ t be more proud to help carry on the tradition as vice president of HR.”
“ Our growing global brand is only as good as its people, and we’ re blessed to have the hardest working and most dedicated folks out there,” said Dave Wallace, president of Scout.“ We’ re proud of their accomplishments and look forward to how each of these three will help continue growing our brand and culture. We’ ve built a team here that will continue to take us into the future.”
MarineMax announces leadership changes
MarineMax has promoted TJ Rose to vice president of the coastal region. Rose will lead operations across multiple coastal markets, with a focus on growth, operational excellence and delivering an elevated customer experience.
Rose joined MarineMax in 1999 as a sales consultant in Ohio. He advanced into leadership as general manager of the MarineMax Baltimore location and later served as district manager, overseeing multiple stores. In November 2018, Rose was named regional president and guided multi-market growth, strengthened cross-market collaboration and played a visible role in several key store transitions across the company.
As vice president of the coastal region, Rose will focus on continuing to elevate the customer experience through stronger salesto-service connections, proactive communication and consistent delivery of excellence. He will lead efforts to grow market share and strengthen brand activation while ensuring disciplined P & L ownership and best practices across F & I, service and storage.
MarineMax also promoted Brent Wiczek to district president for Minnesota and Jeremy Wiczek to general manager of MarineMax Nisswa and MarineMax Crosslake.
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Brent Wiczek joined his family’ s business, Nisswa Marine, in 1998 and assumed ownership with his brother, Jeremy Wiczek, in 2012. Following MarineMax’ s acquisition of the dealership in 2021, Brent was named Marine- Max General Manager of the Year in 2023. He also contributed to the acquisition of C & C Boat Works, now operating as MarineMax Crosslake. In his new role, Brent will oversee all four MarineMax locations in Minnesota.
Jeremy Wiczek began his career in 1996, working alongside his father to help grow the family business. Since joining MarineMax, he has helped elevate sales performance and team culture at both Nisswa and Crosslake. As general manager, he will continue to drive operational success while fostering a customer-first culture across both locations.
Patrick Industries acquires electrical component suppliers
Patrick Industries has completed the acquisitions of Quality Engineered Services( QES) and Egis Group, LLC.
QES, located in Syracuse, Indiana, manufactures wire harnesses and electrical systems for the marine and RV industries. Egis, based in Bellingham, Washington, develops engineered electrical components and system-level solutions for marine and specialty vehicle applications, offering terminal blocks,
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